DZD Awards

Young scientists presenting their projects related to basic research as well as to clinical work are eligible to apply for the yearly DZD Awards. Their posters or talks will be evaluated by the DZD NEXT Board.

DZD Awards 2022

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The DZD Award winners for 2022 were announced during the DZD Workshop in Tübingen on 22 March 2023. 10 prizes of 1000 € each were awarded for outstanding conference contributions, with 10th place shared by two prize winners.

Best Conference Contribution | Get to know the winners:

Lídia Cantacorps Centellas (DIfE, Potsdam) | Videoportrait

Simon Dreher (IDM, Tübingen) | Videoportrait

Katharina Kaiser (DDZ, Düsseldorf) | Videoportrait

Jennifer Maurer (IDM, Tübingen) | Videoportrait

Svenja Meyhöfer (Universität Lübeck) | Videoportrait

Karsten Motzler (HMGU, München) | Videoportrait

Ivan Perez Rodriguez (PLID, Dresden) | Videoportrait

Jacqueline Ratter-Rieck (DDZ, Düsseldorf) | Videoportrait

Leontine Sandforth (IDM, Tübingen) | Videoportrait

Mareike Schell (DIfE, Universität Potsdam) | Videoportrait

Alina Walth-Hummel (HMGU, München) | Videoportrait

DZD Award 2021

Best Conference Contribution

Heja Aga-Barfknecht (DIfE, Potsdam)

Obada Bahra (PLID, Dresden)

Prateek Chawla (PLID, Dresden)

Bedair Dewidar (DDZ, Düsseldorf)

Esteban Quezada (PLID, Dresden)

Alireza Shahryari (HMGU, München)

Johanna Siehler (HMGU, München)

Thilo Speckmann (DIfE, Potsdam)

Lore Wagner (IDM, Tübingen)

Best Science Communicator

Rachel Lippert (DIfE, Potsdam)

Weiwei Xu (HMGU, München)

Videos of the Award winners can be found here.

DZD Award 2020

Best Conference Contribution

Paola Apaolaza Gallegos (HMGU, München)

Samaneh Eickelschulte (DDZ, Düsseldorf)

Nermeen El-Agroudy (PLID, Dresden)

Lena Espelage (DDZ, Düsseldorf)

Haifa Maalmi (DDZ, Düsseldorf)

Zuzana Marinicova (PLID, Dresden)

Lucia Mastrototaro (DDZ, Düsseldorf)

Christian Springer (DDZ, Düsseldorf)

Elric Zweck (DDZ, Düsseldorf)

Best Science Communicator

Moritz Mahling (IDM, Tübingen

Videos of the Award winners can be found here.

DZD Award 2019

Christine Henke (PLID, Dresden)

Sarah Homberg (HMGU, Munich)

Yanislava Karusheva (DDZ, Düsseldorf)

Maximilian Lassi (HMGU, Munich)

Estela Lorza Gil (IDM, Tübingen)

Andreas Müller (PLID, Dresden)

Fabiana Quagliarini (HMGU, Munich)

Jovana Vasiljevic (PLID, Dresden)

Xianming Wang (HMGU, Munich)

Oana Patricia Zaharia (DDZ, Düsseldorf)

DZD Award 2018

Raffaele Gerlini, HMGU

Theresia Gutmann, PLID

Luke Harrison, HMGU

Marie Charlotte Hemmer, HMGU

Anica Kurzbach, PLID

Michael Laxy, HMGU

Lena Oppenländer, HMGU

Meriem Ouni, DIfE

Katharina Scheibner, HMGU

Kristina Wardelmann, DIfE

DZD Award 2017

Maria Apostolopoulou (DDZ, Düsseldorf)

Kálmán Bodis (DDZ, Düsseldorf)

Katrin Fischer (Helmholtz Zentrum München)

Sigrid Jall (Helmholtz Zentrum München)

Sharan Janjuha (PLID, Dresden)

Thomas Laeger (DIfE, Potsdam)

Dominik Pesta (DDZ, Düsseldorf)

Charline Quiclet (DIfE, Potsdam)

Mandy Stadion (DIfE, Potsdam)

Francesco Volta (Helmholtz Zentrum München)

DZD Award 2016

Elisa Alvarez-Hernandez (DDZ, Düsseldorf)
Erik Bader (HMGU, München)
Andras Franko (IDM, Tübingen)
Sofiya Gancheva (DDZ, Düsseldorf)
Susanne Keipert (HMGU, München)
Martin Neukam (PLID, Dresden)
Sumeet Pal Singh (PLID, Dresden)
Aimée Bastidas Ponce (HMGU, München)
Carmelo Quarta (HMGU, München)
Andreas Schmitt (FIDAM, Bad Mergentheim)
Heike Vogel (DIfE, Potsdam)